CCEA Specification

Context 1: Relationships

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:

• different family structures;
• roles and responsibilities within families;
• pressures on families;
• breakdown of the family unit;
• working parents;
• generational issues;
• different types of personal and interpersonal relationships and societal attitudes to them;
• gender roles in society;
• young people and their problems in society; and
• topical issues

Context 2: Health and Lifestyle

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:

• physical well-being: diet/exercise;
• personal responsibility;
• consequences for risk-taking behaviour including smoking, alcohol and drugs;
• mental well-being: dealing with stress/pressure;
• self-harm;
• interests and entertainment
• options and opportunities available;
• personal participation;
• benefits of hobbies/interests for the individual;
• travel;
• positive and negative impacts of travel on the individual and on society; and
• contemporary and topical issues.

Context 3: Young People in Society:

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:

• influences on young people: peers/family/friends/school/religion;
• popular culture and media:television/cinema/magazines/music/press/advertising;
• cultural identity: understanding own culture and cultural differences;
• school life: pressures and challenge;
• dealing with school pressures;
• personal responsibility for learning;
• career planning: aspirations/intentions;
• understanding the education system;
• understanding other education systems; and
• contemporary and topical issues.